The Gatherer.
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"A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles." SHAKSPEARE.
RETENTIVE MEMORY.
The historian, Fuller, in 1607, had a most retentive memory; he could repeat 500 strange, unconnected words, after twice hearing them; and a sermon verbatim, after reading it once. He undertook, after passing from Temple Bar to the farthest part of Cheapside and back again, to mention all the signs over the shops on both sides of the streets, repeated them backwards and forwards, and performed the task with great exactness.
J.T.S.
EVE'S TOMB.
About two miles northward of Djidda is shown the tomb of Howa (Eve), the mother of mankind; it is, as I was informed, a rude structure of stone, about four feet in length, two or three feet in height, and as many in breadth; thus resembling the tomb of Noah, seen in the valley of Bekaa, in Syria—Burckhardt's Travels in Arabia.
ACROSTIC ON THE EYES.
E nchanting features! how thy beauties charm; Y e magic orbs, in which for ever dwell E ach varying passion, from the bosom warm, S ilently ye express what language ne'er, can tell. C.J.T.
VOLTAIRE.
When Voltaire was once ridiculing our immortal author of "Paradise Lost," in the presence of Dr. Young, it is said the latter delivered the following extempore:
"Thou art so witty, profligate, and thin, Thou seem'st a Milton, with his Death and Sin." R.Y.
VENTILATION.
Garrick told Cibber, "that his pieces were the best ventilators to his theatre at Drury Lane; for as soon as any of them were played, the audience directly left the house."
ACROSTIC TO BRAHAM.
B ear not away ye gales that sound! R apture be mute, nor breathe one sigh! A ttentive angels hover round— H eaven listens to his melody; A nd all the spheres' harmonious strings M ove in celestial strains when Braham sings! G.J.T.
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